Diversity a hot topic at Merredin workshop

By Bree Swift
September 27 2019 - 9:00pm
Megan Cechner (left), Grower Group Alliance, Perth, with Narelle Millington, Burracoppin.
Megan Cechner (left), Grower Group Alliance, Perth, with Narelle Millington, Burracoppin.
Asha Martin (left), Jo Buegge and Peta Hubbard, all from Bruce Rock.
Asha Martin (left), Jo Buegge and Peta Hubbard, all from Bruce Rock.
 Jo Pope (left), Moorine Rock, Linda Rose, Mount Hampton, Kim Crisp, Southern Cross and Sonja Irving, Bodallin.
Jo Pope (left), Moorine Rock, Linda Rose, Mount Hampton, Kim Crisp, Southern Cross and Sonja Irving, Bodallin.
AWWE board members: (back) Emma Growden, Nangeenan, Natalie Purdy, Merredin, Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock, Karin Day, South Burracoppin, Zoe Ashby-Deering,(front), Merredin, Holly Carlson, Merredin and Michelle Gethin, Hines Hill.
AWWE board members: (back) Emma Growden, Nangeenan, Natalie Purdy, Merredin, Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock, Karin Day, South Burracoppin, Zoe Ashby-Deering,(front), Merredin, Holly Carlson, Merredin and Michelle Gethin, Hines Hill.
AWWE board members: (back) Emma Growden, Nangeenan, Natalie Purdy, Merredin, Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock, Karin Day, South Burracoppin, Zoe Ashby-Deering,(front), Merredin, Holly Carlson, Merredin and Michelle Gethin, Hines Hill.
AWWE board members: (back) Emma Growden, Nangeenan, Natalie Purdy, Merredin, Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock, Karin Day, South Burracoppin, Zoe Ashby-Deering,(front), Merredin, Holly Carlson, Merredin and Michelle Gethin, Hines Hill.
Rachael Thomas (left), Albany and Jacklyn Waterhouse, Merredin.
Rachael Thomas (left), Albany and Jacklyn Waterhouse, Merredin.
 Ashleigh Williamson (left) and Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock.
Ashleigh Williamson (left) and Kate Hayes-Thompson, Bruce Rock.

Last Friday women (and a few men) from the Wheatbelt gathered at the Cummins Theatre, Merredin, to attend Diversify, a farm diversification workshop where they heard from innovative farmers who had turned their business ideas into a reality.

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